Saw-handle.



L. A. SMITH.

SAW HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.11, 1911.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

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SAW-HANDLE.

Application filed December 17, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garden Valley, in the county of Smith and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Handles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved saw handle and has for its primary object to provide simple and easily operated means for adjustably and detachably connecting the end of a saw blade to the handle so that the latter may be positioned either in a plane parallel to the plane of the blade, or at right angles with respect thereto.

It is another and more particular object of the invention to provide a device for the above purpose including a head member, means for clamping the end of a saw blade in said head member, a bolt arranged in the head member and extending longitudinally thereof, and means for adjustably securing a handle upon said bolt and against the head member.

It is a further general object of my invention to provide a device of the above character which is very efi'ective and reliable in practical use, exceedingly durable in its con struction and which can be manufactured at relatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the improved combination, construction and arrangement of the several parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, subsequently claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar referenc characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of one end of a saw blade illustrating the preferred embodiment of my improved handle attaching device;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view partly in section showing the handle disposed at right angles to the position seen in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4.- is a section taken on the line H of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates a saw blade, and this blade adjacent to each of its ends is provided with spaced openings 6. As th means for attaching the handle at each end of the blade is identical,

Specification of Letters Patent.

. lengths.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Serial No. 207,535.

I have illustrated but one of the handles and its attaching means.

7 designates a head block or member, preferably of wood which is provided with a slot or kerf 8 to receive the end of a saw blade. One end of the member 7 is reduced in width as indicated at 9, and said member is formed with a longitudinally cylindrical bore or opening 10. The end portion of this bore which extends through the reduced end 9 of the head member is reduced in diameter to provide a shoulder 11. A bolt 12 is disposed through the reduced end of the bore 10 and projects beyond the end 9 of the member 7, (tihe head of said bolt seating upon the shoul- The member 7 is provided with transverse openings therethrough with which the respective openings 6 in the saw blade are adapted to register, said latter openings being of somewhat larger diameter than the openings in the member 7. Clamping bolts indicated at 13 are engaged through these registering openings, and nuts 14L are threaded upon said bolts to securely clamp the body portion of the member 7 against the opposite sides of the saw blade. Set screws 15 are threaded in the member 7 at each side of the reduced end 9 thereof and are adapted to engage against the end edge of the saw blade 5 to prevent lateral oscillation or movement of the blade with respect to the bolts 13, thereby obviating wearing contact of the edges of the opening 6 in the blade against said bolts.

The saw handle 16 is provided in one of its ends with an opening to receive the projecting end of the bolt 12. A wing nut 17 is threaded upon the extremity of this bolt for engagement against the handle to clamp the iattelr against the end 9 of the head mem- As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the handle 16 is disposed in parallel relation to the saw blade in proper position for the convenient sawing of cord wood into short When it is desired to saw down a tree the handle 16 is adjusted to the position seen in Fig. 2 wherein the handle extends at right-angles to the blade. This adjustment may be readily made by simply loosening the nut 17 and after the handle has been properly positioned again tightening said nut against the end of said handle. If the saw blade should be broken, the broken blade can be readily removed by simply removing the bolts 13 so that the end of the blade may be withdrawn from the kerf in the member 7. Any new blade can then be connected to the head members.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction, manner of operation and several advantages of my invention will be clearly and fully understood. The handle attaching device can be readily applied to the ordinary saw blade by simply forming the openings 6 in the ends of the blade at the proper point. The means which I have provided for connecting the blade to the head member 7, effectively holds the head member rigid upon the blade and prevents relative movement. The. several parts of the invention are of very simple form so that the device as a whole is capable of manufacture at small cost and is strong and durable in practical use.

While I have herein shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the several elements it is to be understood that the same are susceptible of considerable modifications therein and I therefore reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a saw blade, of a handle attaching member of a width equal to the width of said blade and provided with a kerf to receive one end of the blade, spaced clamping bolts adapted to be engaged justably clamp the handle against the end I of said attaching member.

The combination with a saw blade, of a handle attaching member provided With a kerf to receive one end of the saw blade,removable means engaged through said memher for clamping the end of the saw blade in said kerf, additional means adjustably engaged in said member to coact with the end of the saw blade and prevent relative movement of said member and the blade, said attachingmember having a longitudinal bore extendlng therethrough reduced in diameter at one of its ends to provide an internal shoulder, a bolt extending through said reduced end of the bore and having a head seated on said shoulder, a handle adapted to be adjustably engaged on the projecting end of the bolt, and a clamping nut threaded on the bolt to secure the handle in its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEE A. SMITH.

Witnesses W. C. GILBERT, V. TUNNELL.

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